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i imagine there has to be some fucked up shit going on with those like everything else but i'm in a situation that is pressuring me to get one

i imagine there has to be some fucked up shit going on with those like everything else but i'm in a situation that is pressuring me to get one

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Ethylene Oxide

https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-eo-swabs-idUSL1N2LU1H0

Reuters thinks they're debunking it in this article, but they aren't.

While it is true to say ethylene oxide is a carcinogen, (here , here), and that its gaseous form is used to sterilise nasal swabs (here), it is not true to suggest the swabs are dangerous because of this process

orly? let's continue

A major part of the sterilisation process ensures ethylene oxide residue is removed from the product (here) and makes certain that any EO left over is negligible, thereby meeting national and international safety standards

wow! so safe. okay here's what Reuters doesn't say:

MADE IN CHINA

[–] • 2 pts

Also having a lessor amount doesn't actually make it safe.

It just means lessor amount.

Especially with a cancer causing agent. A lessor amount usually just means a smaller initial cancer but cancers grow so that doesnt really matter. One cancerous cell is enough.